(KINGSPORT) — A local man is in custody after allegedly fleeing the scene of a crash and leaving a young child behind.

34-year-old Brandon Adams faces felony charges for the June 23 crash. He was arrested Thursday at his Snapps Ferry Rd. home.

Police say Adams crashed into a parked vehicle at Dorothy and Short streets, then ran off. A 9-year-old boy in the back seat was not injured and walked alone back to his apartment a couple blocks away.

The boy tells police that Adams appeared to pass out just before the crash.

District Attorney General, James Dunn says the state couldn’t prove who started the original blaze inside the park that led to the November 28 disaster in Gatlinburg. The Department of Justice will decide whether to pursue charges against any people alleged to have caused the fire. Fourteen people died in the blaze, and more than 2,400 structures were burned or damaged. Total losses are estimated at $1 billion.

(SALTVILLE) — The hunt continues for a driver who evaded arrest after a pursuit on Thursday.

Police say they tried to stop Timothy O’Bryan Taylor of Honaker for speeding near Old Saltworks Road and Old Mill Road but Taylor took off, leading officers into Russell County then into Honaker where Taylor took off on foot.